Weston Birch "Bert" Hall was a military aviator and writer. Hall was one of America's first combat aviators, flying with the famed Lafayette Escadrille in France before the U.S. entered World War I.
American aviator Bert Hall, from the front piece of his book En l'air (1918)
Bert Hall and a Nieuport 11
Lieutenant Colonel William Thaw II was an American combat aviator who served in World War I and became a flying ace. Credited with five confirmed and two unconfirmed aerial victories, he is believed t
Lieutenant Colonel William Thaw II, 1918
William Thaw II, right arm in a cast, member of the Lafayette Escadrille stands in front of a Nieuport XVI